Improved meat-chopper



waited getaway time ditte Letters Patent N o. 98,812, dated January 11,1 870.

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v The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ot'the same'.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD STEIGERT, of Gincnnati, in the county ofHamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Meat- Choppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to Imake and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication.

This invention relates to that class of meatchoppers wherein ameat-chopping block, revolving on a vertical axis, and reciprocatingcutters working in vertical planes upon the top of the said block, areused;

and

It consists in an improved arrangement, in connection with the same, ofguard-plates, to prevent the knives from scattering the meat, whichadheres to them more or less, about Ithe door or table, wherever themachine rests. y v

l Figure l is a sectional elevation of a `machine provided with guardsaccording to my improvement;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same;

y Figure 3 is a plan of one of the top guards;

Figure 4 isa plan of another top guard; ,andA Figure 5 is a sideelevation of the side guard. Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

A is the revolving cutting-block,`and B reciprocating cross-heads, toJwhichthe knives are attached. l y

These cross-heads workvertically, above the upper end ofthecutting-block, and are operated by a crank-4 shaft, D, at the top ofvthe frame. They are worked very rapidly, and throw audscatterthe meat,adhering to the cutters, 'in all directions, from the top of thecutter-block, but to much the greater extent from the side on which thecutters act.

I have, therefore, provided on that side, the vertical curved guard E,of sheet-metal, and arranged it 'to t tue upper outer edge of theblocln'for about halt' its circumference, and to lextend above thehighest point the cross-heads reach, in operation, and nearly tothe llower edge of the cross-bar F` The said guard is provided with pins G,fitted to engage in holes in the top ot the cross-bar H, to hold it inplace; it is also provided with lugs I, above the pins, and aspring-catch, R, at the rear, for holding the top covers or guards. v

L is the rear top guard,and M, the front one. Both l are provided withsuitable slots, N, to pass the connectingrod,s,-P, and the braces Q, forsupporting the crossheads, and the one, L, is provided with. holes R atthe corners, -to receive the lugs I on the guard E, which, together withthe spring K, prevent it from sliding o'. p

The guard M slides under the cross-bar F, and laps above the front edgeof the other guard, as shown in cross-section, in fig. `l. and hasplates, S, attached to the under side,'a short distance from thesurface,- to

provide space for-the reception of the tongues of the part L, formedbyjt'he notched slots N.

The front edge ofthe guard M` projects downward a short distance, andarrests the particles thrown up over the bar H, which prevents anyconsiderable amount being thrown out at the front.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to securePatent- The arrangement of the guards L, M, and E, with relation to the,chopping-block A, the cutters, and the by Letters framing, as herein,shown and described, aud for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 20th day of.I uly, 1869.

LEOPOLD STEIGERT.

Witnesses:

Gao. W. MABEF.,

EDGAR Tarn.

